In many developing countries, lack of access to financial services as well as high transaction costs often pose significant challenges to people living in poverty. With the international community set… Read more »

Speaking at the high level event of the General Assembly in New York on “Achieving poverty eradication through full employment and decent work for all in the Post-2015 development Agenda”,… Read more »

The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality today launched a major campaign kicking off a year-long, worldwide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the landmark Fourth World Conference… Read more »

As Member States continue work on a new post-2015 development agenda, United Nations officials have stressed the need for a robust yet flexible accountability framework to assess progress and achieve… Read more »

The National Geographic Society and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are teaming up to raise awareness on food and agriculture issues as National Geographic, a… Read more »